Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;
&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 20 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Covid-19 deaths,Compensation,Supreme Court of India,Supreme Court,State Disaster Response Funds,ex gratia compensation,Social protection,Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot; title=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;
&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 20 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 7 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 59754
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Covid-19 deaths,Compensation,Supreme Court of India,Supreme Court,State Disaster Response Funds,ex gratia compensation,Social protection,Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot; title=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&hellip;&rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&rdquo; the government said.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&lsquo;Financial strain&rsquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&rdquo; the affidavit explained.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&rdquo; the government justified.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The court said its &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; encompasses a different set of &lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;
&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 20 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Covid-19 deaths,Compensation,Supreme Court of India,Supreme Court,State Disaster Response Funds,ex gratia compensation,Social protection,Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot; title=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;
&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 20 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 7 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 59754
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Covid-19 deaths,Compensation,Supreme Court of India,Supreme Court,State Disaster Response Funds,ex gratia compensation,Social protection,Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot; title=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&hellip;&rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&rdquo; the government said.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&lsquo;Financial strain&rsquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&rdquo; the affidavit explained.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&rdquo; the government justified.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The court said its &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; encompasses a different set of &lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67f46b284f0bf-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;
&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 20 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Covid-19 deaths,Compensation,Supreme Court of India,Supreme Court,State Disaster Response Funds,ex gratia compensation,Social protection,Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot; title=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 59754,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;
&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Hindu, 20 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 7 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 59754
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Covid-19 deaths,Compensation,Supreme Court of India,Supreme Court,State Disaster Response Funds,ex gratia compensation,Social protection,Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The Hindu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &amp;lsquo;broader approach&amp;rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &amp;ldquo;one-time disaster&amp;rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &amp;mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &amp;ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&amp;rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&amp;rdquo; the government said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;lsquo;Financial strain&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&amp;rdquo; the affidavit explained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&amp;rdquo; the government justified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The court said its &amp;ldquo;broader approach&amp;rdquo; encompasses a different set of &amp;lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&amp;rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot; title=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&hellip;&rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&rdquo; the government said.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&lsquo;Financial strain&rsquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&rdquo; the affidavit explained.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&rdquo; the government justified.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The court said its &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; encompasses a different set of &lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 59754,
		'title' => 'COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal',
		'subheading' => null,
		'description' => '<p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><em>It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.</em></p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&hellip;&rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&rdquo; the government said.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&lsquo;Financial strain&rsquo;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&rdquo; the affidavit explained.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&rdquo; the government justified.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The court said its &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; encompasses a different set of &lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.</p>
',
		'credit_writer' => 'The Hindu, 20 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal',
		'meta_title' => '',
		'meta_keywords' => '',
		'meta_description' => '',
		'noindex' => (int) 1,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => null,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 59754,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal',
	'metaKeywords' => 'Covid-19 deaths,Compensation,Supreme Court of India,Supreme Court,State Disaster Response Funds,ex gratia compensation,Social protection,Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana',
	'metaDesc' => '-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,...',
	'disp' => '<p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&hellip;&rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&rdquo; the government said.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&lsquo;Financial strain&rsquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&rdquo; the affidavit explained.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&rdquo; the government justified.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The court said its &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; encompasses a different set of &lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.</p>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 59754,
	'title' => 'COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal',
	'subheading' => null,
	'description' => '<p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><em>It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.</em></p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&hellip;&rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&rdquo; the government said.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&lsquo;Financial strain&rsquo;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&rdquo; the affidavit explained.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&rdquo; the government justified.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The court said its &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; encompasses a different set of &lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.</p>
',
	'credit_writer' => 'The Hindu, 20 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal',
	'meta_title' => '',
	'meta_keywords' => '',
	'meta_description' => '',
	'noindex' => (int) 1,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => null,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 7 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 59754
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal'
$metaKeywords = 'Covid-19 deaths,Compensation,Supreme Court of India,Supreme Court,State Disaster Response Funds,ex gratia compensation,Social protection,Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana'
$metaDesc = '-The Hindu

It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood,...'
$disp = '<p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a &lsquo;broader approach&rsquo; is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit.</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The COVID-19 pandemic is not a &ldquo;one-time disaster&rdquo;, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes &mdash; the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers&hellip;&rdquo; the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a &ldquo;narrow and pedantic approach&rdquo;. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,&rdquo; the government said.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&lsquo;Financial strain&rsquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,&rdquo; the affidavit explained.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,&rdquo; the government justified.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The court said its &ldquo;broader approach&rdquo; encompasses a different set of &lsquo;Minimum Standards of Relief&rsquo; focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-is-not-a-one-time-disaster-like-earthquake-or-flood-centre-says-in-sc/article34863497.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.</p>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

COVID-19 is not a ‘one-time disaster’, like earthquake or flood, Centre says in SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal

-The Hindu It is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves and a ‘broader approach’ is essential, says Ministry of Home Affairs in 189-page affidavit. The COVID-19 pandemic is not a “one-time disaster”, like an earthquake or a flood, where victims can be compensated with just money, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The virus is an ongoing pandemic which will continue to attack in waves. A “broader approach” is essential. The government was responding to petitions in the Supreme Court to pay 4 lakh compensation to the families of every COVID-19 victim. “Unlike disasters of a short and finite duration, occurring and ending quickly, COVID-19 is a global pandemic which has affected all the countries in the world. The pandemic has claimed more than 3.85 lakh lives, a number which is likely to increase further... These deaths have affected families from all classes — the rich and poor, professionals and informal workers, traders and farmers…” the Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said in a 189-page affidavit. Limiting relief to monetary pay-offs was a “narrow and pedantic approach”. There was also no precedent of giving ex gratia compensation for a disease or disaster spread out over several months or years. “The pandemic started in the early months of January 2020 and the country is still battling the same with different intensity, different symptoms and different mutations, with no certainty regarding the end,” the government said. ‘Financial strain’ Massive distribution of compensation across the country at this point would dry up precious financial resources of the Centre and the States. “If the entire State Disaster Response Funds get consumed on ex gratia compensation for COVID-19 victims, the States may not have sufficient funds for organising COVID-19 response, for provision of various essential medical and other supplies, or to take care of other disasters like cyclones, floods, etc. Already the finances of State governments and the Central government are under severe strain due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic,” the affidavit explained. Besides, the MHA said granting ex-gratia compensation for one disease while denying it for those accounting for a larger share of mortality would not be fair or proper. “It would create unfairness and invidious discrimination between persons suffering from one disease and those suffering from another,” the government justified. The court said its “broader approach” encompasses a different set of ‘Minimum Standards of Relief’ focused on public health interventions, social protection and economic recovery for the affected communities. Please click here to read more.